10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl. Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. Even in the with full-genome analysis, owls posed a bit of a problem, which the authors attribute to the rapid diversification following the K-Pg boundary. Open Jarvis et al.’s

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. Indiana teacher raises the bar for newbie birders everywhere by finding the state’s first record of a Black-tailed Godwit. What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight? No, you didn’t. Now you have.

Malta 180

Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Of course, this affiliation depends entirely on that bird’s unlucky lot to be eaten en masse (but usually not en croûte , en papillote , or en cocotte ) on a holiday that’s become so synonymous with feasting on this fowl that it’s equally well known as Turkey Day. But I’m not sure I can recommend this pairing in good conscience.

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